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More Work for the Undertaker. E-book. Formato EPUB. &lsquo;I found a stiff in there once, down at the back just behind the arch,&rsquo; said Stanislaus Oates, pausing before the shop-window and peering in apparently to inspect a display of baby clothes. &lsquo;I always recollect it because as I bent down and flashed my bull&rsquo;s-eye&mdash;we had to carry oil lanterns in those days&mdash;it suddenly raised its arms and its cold hands closed round my throat. There was no power there, fortunately. He was just on gone and died while I clawed him off. It made me sweat, though. I was a Sergeant Detective, Second Class, then.&rsquo;<br />He swung away from the window and swept on down the crowded pavement. His raincoat, which was blackish with flecks of grey in it, billowed out behind him like a schoolmaster&rsquo;s gown.